HR444

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:09 | Tran: 20:21 | Set: 1:38

Alt: -36.46° Az: 308.29° Direction: North-West

HR444 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR444 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR444 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR444. The red arrow shows the motion of HR444 during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 34m 18s

Declination -08° 53’ 14”

Hour Angle 09h 21m 09s

Sidereal Time 10h 55m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 33m 03s

Declination -09° 00’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 153.38°

Galactic Latitude -69.39°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.59

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.12

Spectral Type A0III

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR444 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR444. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR444 is distant 404.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 124.07

Distance (light year) 404.47

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9484

SAO Catalogue SAO129363

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7222

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 298

General Catalogue of Variable Stars Var

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR444 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.9° RISE 15:09

Max altitude: 29.6° TRANSIT 20:21

Azimuth: 261.1° SET 1:38

Set Location

Other stars in Cetus